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If it's spring in the Sonoran Desert, you just have to visit the Butterfly Pavilion at the Desert Botanical Garden here in Phoenix. If you're lucky (and I'm always lucky when I visit), you'll have a resident-- like this Queen butterfly-- pose for you so you can take its photo!
That is an absolutely gorgeous photo. I love butterflies, and rarely see them up close.
ReplyDeleteI love butterflies, too, Elena, so I always get a rush when I manage to get a decent photo of one!
DeleteWhat a lovely photo! I do love visiting a butterfly pavilion too, they're always so fascinating.
ReplyDeleteThey certainly are!
DeleteMagnificent! Lovely photo.
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What a lovely close-up! She looks like she's showing you how wonderful her wings are :)
ReplyDeleteI do believe she was showing off that morning! ;-)
DeleteWow that is an extremely good shot. love it
ReplyDeleteThanks, Diane!
DeleteThat could be a cover shot - fabulous.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I have to admit that I was quite pleased when I saw this one pop up on the monitor!
DeleteShe is beautiful! I love the butterfly houses!!
ReplyDeleteI do, too, Staci!
DeleteAWWW She is stunning! Thanks for sharing these! My Snapshot.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Marie!
DeleteThere's nothing more beautiful than nature.
ReplyDeleteI am in complete agreement, Lisa!
DeleteSOOO beautiful! I do love the delicacy of those wings, and admire them in flight.
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What is amazing is seeing one whose wings are so raggedy that you wonder how it can still fly. They are wonderful creatures!
DeleteJust beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIt's one of my favorite species of butterflies.
DeleteWow, what a wonderful photo!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kathy!
DeleteOh, that's absolutely beautiful! It looks like our Monarch butterfly.
ReplyDeleteSince lawn sprays have been banned here, we're seeing more butterflies. I haven't seen the Monarch yet this spring, but there is another one that resembles it, has a red stripe across its wings and is smaller. Wish I could remember the name. Guess I could look it up too. ;)
It should look like a Monarch because it's closely related. The family includes Monarchs, Queens, and Soldiers, and they all resemble each other. (My volume of BUTTERFLIES OF ARIZONA is one of my most-used reference books!) :-)
DeleteSo beautiful and clear--lovely!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cheryl!
DeleteThat's so pretty! I love that spring has burst out all around. :)
ReplyDeleteSpring is such a wonderful time of the year-- even for places that don't really have a winter!
DeleteOh, nice one. I wish butterflies were that accomodating when I'm around :-)
ReplyDeleteThey so very seldom are. It takes patience to photograph these lovelies, doesn't it?
DeleteThat is pretty magical. I'm assuming you didn't capture that on your i-phone? LOL!
ReplyDeleteI have a "sel" phone... which is short for "seldom-used." I'm not a phone person, and just have a mobile for emergencies.
Deleteabsolutely beautiful :D
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I liked your lizard, too!
DeleteIt seems I can watch the butterfly and flower forever.
ReplyDeleteThere's something mesmerizing about butterflies.
DeleteWhat a sharp picture. Here's Mine
ReplyDeleteThanks, Paulita!
DeleteWhat a wonderful shot.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked it, Irene!
DeleteOh, how wonderful. You must be incredibly lucky. I've never been able to get a butterfly to sit still long enough for a picture.
ReplyDeleteHere's my Snapshot.
Luck does have something to do with it. So does patience! LOL
DeleteThat's a great picture. Our family loved visiting the butterfly gallery at Science North in nearby Sudbury, ON. I never have managed as good a picture as this, though.
ReplyDeleteYou will-- just be patient! :-)
DeleteLovely butterfly photo. I am going to suggest a trip to the Butterfly Pavillion on our next visit to the Phoenix area. I didn't get to comment yesterday. Was away on a Quilters Retreat at a place that had no cell service, and only sporadic internet access.
ReplyDeleteI know those places quite well, Judy. Thanks so much for stopping by!
DeleteI keep meaning to get there...and I've lived here for years now and not gotten around to to it lol -- beautiful butterfly :D
ReplyDeleteThat can often be the way-- we don't visit what's right on our own doorstep, but travel thousands of miles to see something else. I can be very guilty of that.
DeleteThat's a beauty. It's butterfly season now in the Midwest and I've planted flowers to (hopefully) attract them to my yard.
ReplyDeleteGood luck, Leslie! I know that these little beauties can be a bit temperamental sometimes!
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